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TOPOGRAPHY The Gulf of Mexico is to the south The south is low swamp lands and beaches The north is prairie and forests
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Long, hot summers Short, mild winters Rains a lot It almost NEVER snows Has hurricanes and tornadoes
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Cotton Soybeans Cattle Eggs Dairy Rice Petroleum Natural gas
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French Quarter- the oldest city in New Orleans -the French discovered this area, and this is one of the cities they built in 1718
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TOPOGRAPHY Mississippi River is western border Very low land, low hills, many forests The Gulf of Mexico is to the south
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Humid and long summers Short, mild winters 50-60 inches of rain a year, snow is not normal Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes are common Flooding is common
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Cottodn Mississippi is a very poor state LANDMARKS -The Governor’s Mansion: One of the oldest homes of politicians -Beauvoir Home: the last home of President Jefferson Davis
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TOPOGRAPHY The eastern boarder is the Mississippi River The land is flat on the east by the river and very fertile soil The land is mountainous on the west, and the Ozark Mountains are in the NW part
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Humid, hot summers Dry, short, mild winters 40-60 inches of rain per year Thunderstorms and tornadoes Floods happen in the east <>
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Eggs Soybeans Cattle Cotton Rice Diamonds
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Hot Springs National Park -Little Rock Central High School (where the first desegregation of a school took place)
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Most of the state is flat Mountains in the north CLIMATE -hot summers, mild winters -thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes -snow is not common
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Peanuts Corn Soybeans Peaches Cotton
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Trail of Tears- in 1831 over 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forced to move off of their land. Over 4,000 died walking. They walked more than 1,000 miles. Wetumpka crater
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Flat land in the south Hills and mountains to the north CLIMATE -40-70 inches of rain a year -hot and humid summers, mild winters -lots of tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes
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Pecans Peaches Peanuts Tobacco
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Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site -MLK grew up in Alabama, and this place includes his boyhood home and the church where he was the pastor.
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Everglades- a very slow-flowing river, swampland Flat, beaches CLIMATE -hot and humid -Has the most lightning in the United States -Thunderstorms and tornadoes -Hurricanes
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Fruit (oranges, grapefruit, strawberries) LANDMARKS -Disney World!
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The NW has mountains The middle is hilly Many lakes CLIMATE -hot and humid summers -rains a lot -no snow
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Tobacco Cattle Soybeans LANDMARKS -Hilton Head- 12 miles of beaches, a big vacation site! - Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site -The first colony in South Carolina in 1670
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On the east, by the ocean, is flat and this is where the farming happens In the middle, there are hills and a lot of waterfalls In the west, there are the Appalachian Mountains
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In the east by the ocean, it is warm and the winters are not cold -In the west by the mountains, the winters are much colder, 14-20 inches of snow a year -tornadoes happen, sometimes hurricanes Natural Resources -tobacco, milk, cattle, soybeans
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Kitty Hawk- the town where the Wright Brothers had their first flight in 1903
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Blue Ridge Mountains on the east Plateaus in the middle The west is mostly flat CLIMATE -50 inches of rain a year -Summers are hot -Tornadoes and thunderstorms are common
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Cotton Cattle Soybeans LANDMARKS -The Hermitage- The plantation of Andrew Jackson in the 1800s
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Mountains, plateaus, valleys CLIMATE -hot and humid summers, colder winters -45 inches of rain a year
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Cumberland River- the second largest man- made lake in the United States Mammoth Cave- longest cave system in the world! Churchill Downs: home of the Kentucky Derby Natural Resources -cattle and HORSES! -tobacco -dairy -corn
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Appalachian Mountains Plains on the east by the ocean CLIMATE -Normal seasons -Thunderstorms are common
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Tomatoes Oysters Peanuts LANDMARKS -the Pentagon -The Virginia Colony was the first settlement -Williamsburg- was the first capitol of Virginia from 1699 to 1780
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